Table 1 Participant background information
From: Correlations Between Tree Thinking and Acceptance of Evolution in Introductory Biology Students
Semester (N) | F09 (15) | S10 (13) | S11 (101) | F11 (61) | S12 (79) | F12 (63) | Total (332) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year (%) | |||||||
Freshman | 28.6 | 50.0 | 40.6 | 6.6 | 31.6 | 4.3 | 24.6 |
Sophomore | 57.1 | 36.4 | 33.7 | 42.6 | 48.1 | 34.8 | 40.5 |
Junior | 9.5 | 13.6 | 16.8 | 32.8 | 12.7 | 39.1 | 22.5 |
Senior | 4.8 | 0.0 | 8.9 | 18.0 | 7.6 | 21.8 | 12.4 |
Life science major (%) | |||||||
Life science | 95.2 | 92.4 | 96.0 | 96.7 | 94.9 | 95.7 | 95.9 |
Not life-science | 4.8 | 7.6 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 |
Previous University/College Level Biology (%) | |||||||
Yes | 52.8 | 45.4 | 65.3 | 67.2 | 74.7 | 82.6 | 53.6 |
No | 47.2 | 55.6 | 34.7 | 32.8 | 25.3 | 17.4 | 46.4 |